http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/CYBH/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from CYBH en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:20:13 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:20:13 +0000 All We arrived in New Zealand 10 days ago. We met up with our third companion Nate Wucherpfennig at the airport in Christchurch. After renting a 6 berth campervan and figuring out how to run a manual diesel beast of a truck with the stick on the left hand side and getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road we were on our way. We spent the first night in Christchurch and then heade http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Kaikoura/blog-306143.html G'Day MateArrived in New Zealand yesterday and met another roomie at the airport Nate Wucherpfennig so now there are 3 of us on the trip. Our time in Australia was great as we were able to have 4 great days of surfing and finally drink some water from a tap. The major accomplishment dealt with getting to Australia. We left from Kilimanjaro Tanzania on a flight at 700am on Monday morning an http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-303033.html Jambo Swahili for helloWe arrived in Tanzania after a two day battle with Nairobi and Kenyan Airways. It seems the baggage handlers were on an unofficial holiday and failed to put our bags on the plane a couple times. After getting through that issue we took a short tour of Dar Es Salaam. We went to a huge fish market right on the coast. Although our sense of smell has not been the same s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-299697.html How Far Now Nigerian Broken English for How are you doingArrived into Lagos Nigeria on Monday from Cairo after going to bed at 1 am to witness the European Soccer Championships and getting up at 2 am to catch a 6 am flight. We took a puddle jumper to Abuja and met up with our man Abbas Abubakar at the airport. That night we ate a traditional Nigerian meal with Abbas' boss at his home. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Nigeria/Abuja/blog-295271.html Friends and FamilyWe are now a week into the adventure of a lifetime. Hard to believe that one week ago we were in Prarie du Chien Wisconsin attending a wedding and participating in all forms of debauchery note to self do not drink 70 beers and watch the sunrise on the Mississippi river the night before you take a 12 hr flight through Amman Jordan to Cairo Egypt. Our trip started off with http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-292352.html